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Goblin wrangler, dice roller. Forever DM (positive). Death is a concept invented by the jedi. I don't even know how to spell it.
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Funny moment last night at kids D&D:
They raided a tomb in a graveyard, and several skeletons popped out. The party immediately set to work on them with axes and swords.
After a little bit one of our youngest members asked "did these skeletons attack us first?"
Me: "No"
Kid: "....are we being evil?"
They raided a tomb in a graveyard, and several skeletons popped out. The party immediately set to work on them with axes and swords.
After a little bit one of our youngest members asked "did these skeletons attack us first?"
Me: "No"
Kid: "....are we being evil?"
January 13, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Funny moment last night at kids D&D:
They raided a tomb in a graveyard, and several skeletons popped out. The party immediately set to work on them with axes and swords.
After a little bit one of our youngest members asked "did these skeletons attack us first?"
Me: "No"
Kid: "....are we being evil?"
They raided a tomb in a graveyard, and several skeletons popped out. The party immediately set to work on them with axes and swords.
After a little bit one of our youngest members asked "did these skeletons attack us first?"
Me: "No"
Kid: "....are we being evil?"
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As a fun exercise I've turned some Helldivers 2 enemies into All-Out Apocalypse enemies.
https://nickdrawthing.bearblog.dev/design-exercise-helldivers-2-foes/
https://nickdrawthing.bearblog.dev/design-exercise-helldivers-2-foes/
Design Exercise: Helldivers 2 Foes in All-Out Apocalypse
I've been playing a lot of Helldivers 2 lately. Arguably too much. It's a pretty fun shooter and it's a good way to "hang out" with friends periodically when...
nickdrawthing.bearblog.dev
January 11, 2026 at 2:19 AM
As a fun exercise I've turned some Helldivers 2 enemies into All-Out Apocalypse enemies.
https://nickdrawthing.bearblog.dev/design-exercise-helldivers-2-foes/
https://nickdrawthing.bearblog.dev/design-exercise-helldivers-2-foes/
My largely unexamined hot take for 2026: point crawl while you're on the road, hexcrawl when you stray off the path.
January 6, 2026 at 8:38 PM
My largely unexamined hot take for 2026: point crawl while you're on the road, hexcrawl when you stray off the path.
Every once in a while I make the mistake of thinking "why don't I draw on the subway more?"
Then I get on the subway and it's winter and everything is wet, I'm overburdened with backpack and coat, and there's only one available seat and it has Mystery Liquid on it, and EVERY seat smells like asses.
Then I get on the subway and it's winter and everything is wet, I'm overburdened with backpack and coat, and there's only one available seat and it has Mystery Liquid on it, and EVERY seat smells like asses.
January 5, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Every once in a while I make the mistake of thinking "why don't I draw on the subway more?"
Then I get on the subway and it's winter and everything is wet, I'm overburdened with backpack and coat, and there's only one available seat and it has Mystery Liquid on it, and EVERY seat smells like asses.
Then I get on the subway and it's winter and everything is wet, I'm overburdened with backpack and coat, and there's only one available seat and it has Mystery Liquid on it, and EVERY seat smells like asses.
I've decided that this year I would like to run a minimum of two games a month. I want to end 2026 with at least 25 sessions under my belt. I'm slowly adding more people to my west marches game, and would like to run other stuff, too.
January 5, 2026 at 12:20 AM
I've decided that this year I would like to run a minimum of two games a month. I want to end 2026 with at least 25 sessions under my belt. I'm slowly adding more people to my west marches game, and would like to run other stuff, too.
I'm late to the party I'm sure, but I've just discovered these exist and I want to put them on literally everything. My god they're delicious.
January 1, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I'm late to the party I'm sure, but I've just discovered these exist and I want to put them on literally everything. My god they're delicious.
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The vehicle stats!
I like drawing crusty cars.
I like drawing crusty cars.
January 1, 2026 at 5:18 AM
The vehicle stats!
I like drawing crusty cars.
I like drawing crusty cars.
Happy new year, friends!
Unhappy new year, foes!
Unhappy new year, foes!
January 1, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Happy new year, friends!
Unhappy new year, foes!
Unhappy new year, foes!
I wrote a simple adventure outline for testing my vehicle combat rules for All Out Apocalypse and spent some time condensing them onto one page just for fun. I need to write all the vehicle stats still.
(If you are a person with plans to test these rules with me soon, maybe don't read all the text)
(If you are a person with plans to test these rules with me soon, maybe don't read all the text)
December 31, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I wrote a simple adventure outline for testing my vehicle combat rules for All Out Apocalypse and spent some time condensing them onto one page just for fun. I need to write all the vehicle stats still.
(If you are a person with plans to test these rules with me soon, maybe don't read all the text)
(If you are a person with plans to test these rules with me soon, maybe don't read all the text)
Reading an article from my hometown newspaper and found this quote.
Totoro WOULD say that!
Totoro WOULD say that!
December 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Reading an article from my hometown newspaper and found this quote.
Totoro WOULD say that!
Totoro WOULD say that!
My brother wrote a great post about sourcing royalty free art for your #ttrpg blogs and projects (so you don't have to use the plagiarism machine to produce images).
Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:eexoliry5g6muizr4umtvxur/post/3mb5z2d7rrc2x
Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:eexoliry5g6muizr4umtvxur/post/3mb5z2d7rrc2x
December 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
My brother wrote a great post about sourcing royalty free art for your #ttrpg blogs and projects (so you don't have to use the plagiarism machine to produce images).
Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:eexoliry5g6muizr4umtvxur/post/3mb5z2d7rrc2x
Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:eexoliry5g6muizr4umtvxur/post/3mb5z2d7rrc2x
My wife knows me well
December 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
My wife knows me well
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Having finished the Hobbit, we've moved onto LoTR as a bedtime story. We've reached Rivendell, and this time I gave Gloin a rolling Scottish accent (inconsistent from my treatment in the Hobbit).
After a few pages of this my 8yr old says "I wonder why he sounds so different in this one."
After a few pages of this my 8yr old says "I wonder why he sounds so different in this one."
December 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Having finished the Hobbit, we've moved onto LoTR as a bedtime story. We've reached Rivendell, and this time I gave Gloin a rolling Scottish accent (inconsistent from my treatment in the Hobbit).
After a few pages of this my 8yr old says "I wonder why he sounds so different in this one."
After a few pages of this my 8yr old says "I wonder why he sounds so different in this one."
A solo test session of my All-Out Apocalypse vehicular combat rules: https://nickdrawthing.bearblog.dev/solo-all-out-apocalypse-vehicles-playtest-1/
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
A solo test session of my All-Out Apocalypse vehicular combat rules: https://nickdrawthing.bearblog.dev/solo-all-out-apocalypse-vehicles-playtest-1/
I added some very silly dot-matrix printer edges to my AllOut Apocalypse rules post on my bearblog. I'd appreciate feedback on it, if the dots are distracting enough to make them not worth whatever thematic value they might add.
https://nickdrawthing.bearblog.dev/allout-apocalypse/
https://nickdrawthing.bearblog.dev/allout-apocalypse/
AllOut Apocalypse
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nickdrawthing.bearblog.dev
December 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I added some very silly dot-matrix printer edges to my AllOut Apocalypse rules post on my bearblog. I'd appreciate feedback on it, if the dots are distracting enough to make them not worth whatever thematic value they might add.
https://nickdrawthing.bearblog.dev/allout-apocalypse/
https://nickdrawthing.bearblog.dev/allout-apocalypse/
Wrote some vehicular combat rules for my AllOut Apocalypse game. If any mutuals want to playtest these with me sometime, lemme know!
https://nickdrawthing.bearblog.dev/allout-apocalypse-vehicles/
https://nickdrawthing.bearblog.dev/allout-apocalypse-vehicles/
December 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Wrote some vehicular combat rules for my AllOut Apocalypse game. If any mutuals want to playtest these with me sometime, lemme know!
https://nickdrawthing.bearblog.dev/allout-apocalypse-vehicles/
https://nickdrawthing.bearblog.dev/allout-apocalypse-vehicles/
Today I had to give a software demo at work in front of a lot of colleagues from different offices. This quarter left me too busy to prepare a slide deck so I had to wing it and decided to basically treat it like a stand up comedy routine, cracking jokes and doing it all live
I... think it went ok??
I... think it went ok??
December 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Today I had to give a software demo at work in front of a lot of colleagues from different offices. This quarter left me too busy to prepare a slide deck so I had to wing it and decided to basically treat it like a stand up comedy routine, cracking jokes and doing it all live
I... think it went ok??
I... think it went ok??
I'm so excited to have bandwidth for anything creative. Soon, I hope!
December 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I'm so excited to have bandwidth for anything creative. Soon, I hope!
Hmm... It's 6:30pm. Do I drink a coffee now and burn the midnight oil, or take a melatonin in an hour and try to get into the office for 5:30 tomorrow...
December 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Hmm... It's 6:30pm. Do I drink a coffee now and burn the midnight oil, or take a melatonin in an hour and try to get into the office for 5:30 tomorrow...
The thing about having three monitors is that it makes you want to have four monitors.
November 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The thing about having three monitors is that it makes you want to have four monitors.
I need to invest more time into this kids D&D game. I had decided to just wing everything so it's not a stress, but I'm finding that I'm getting flustered at the table trying to invent so much off the cuff. Now that I've established a few things I think I might start prepping some stuff in advance.
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I need to invest more time into this kids D&D game. I had decided to just wing everything so it's not a stress, but I'm finding that I'm getting flustered at the table trying to invent so much off the cuff. Now that I've established a few things I think I might start prepping some stuff in advance.
Help, gang. I put this off the edge of the map. The kids want to go here and tame dragons. I hadn't considered how to handle it. Advice would be appreciated!
November 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Help, gang. I put this off the edge of the map. The kids want to go here and tame dragons. I hadn't considered how to handle it. Advice would be appreciated!
Really fun #ttrpg session tonight. The outing was meant to be small (just exploring a hex) but I rolled an interesting random encounter. A pirate ghost fighting off some apes. The players got involved and nearly died as the ghost clung to them, wicking their life away begging silently for help.
November 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Really fun #ttrpg session tonight. The outing was meant to be small (just exploring a hex) but I rolled an interesting random encounter. A pirate ghost fighting off some apes. The players got involved and nearly died as the ghost clung to them, wicking their life away begging silently for help.